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Azure and Office 365 down as Microsoft suffers MFA borkage

It's so secure that users can't get into their accounts

BORK-PRONE Microsoft is suffering from multi-factor authentication (MFA) issues that have left many users in Europe unable to access Azure and Office 365 services.

In a post on its Azure service status website, Redmond admitted that the borkage, which began in the early hours of Monday morning, meant that users "in Europe and Asia-Pacific regions may experience difficulties signing into Azure resources, such as Azure Active Directory, when Multi-Factor Authentication is required by policy."

While the issues are still ongoing at the time of writing, Microsoft goes on to explain that engineers have deployed a fix but warns that this might take "some time" to take effect across impacted areas.

"Engineers have deployed the hotfix which eliminated a connection between Azure Identity Multi-Factor Authentication Service and a backend service," the firm adds.

"The deployment of this Hotfix took some time to take effect across the impacted regions. Engineers are continuing to monitor for a reduction in user authentication errors as a result of this hotfix. Engineers are exploring additional workstreams to fully mitigate this issue."